My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I backed
it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

Kevin

On 03/05/2010 13:47, Zen83237 wrote:
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I backed
it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.

Which probably means he ran some demo version of a recovery program,
which then asked him some money for the one that works ;-)

Try this program - free.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

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Adrian C

On May 3, 1:47*pm, "Zen83237" wrote:
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I backed
it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

Kevin

Many linux distros boot from a CD without instaling, some are
specifically for data recovery. Cost nothing.


NT

Adrian C wrote:
On 03/05/2010 13:47, Zen83237 wrote:
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since
I backed it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it
might be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.

Which probably means he ran some demo version of a recovery program,
which then asked him some money for the one that works ;-)

Try this program - free.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

seconded - it's excellent

On Mon, 3 May 2010 13:47:36 +0100, "Zen83237"
wrote:

My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I backed
it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

Kevin

What make/size is the stick?

"Zen83237" wrote in message
...
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I
backed it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

Kevin


There was a Braniac series where they destruction tested various storage
devices in some very extreme ways. The memory inside the USB stick seemed
to be able to handle being virtually smashed to bits. They did not say how
much the forensic team charged to help prove their point though!

S

"no-one" wrote in message
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On Mon, 3 May 2010 13:47:36 +0100, "Zen83237"
wrote:

My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I
backed
it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

Kevin

What make/size is the stick?

8 gb but it is no where near full

"spamlet" wrote in message
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"Zen83237" wrote in message
...
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I
backed it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it
might be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

Kevin


There was a Braniac series where they destruction tested various storage
devices in some very extreme ways. The memory inside the USB stick seemed
to be able to handle being virtually smashed to bits. They did not say
how much the forensic team charged to help prove their point though!

S
Having worked in the Defence industry I do remember being told the lengths
that they can go to recover data and the need to chop discs up into little
pieces to stop data beinf recovered.

"Zen83237" wrote in message
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Having worked in the Defence industry I do remember being told the lengths
that they can go to recover data and the need to chop discs up into little
pieces to stop data beinf recovered.

Is that before or after they have been left in a bus/taxi/street?

Adam

"Zen83237" wrote in message
...
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I
backed it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?


I had one that took an oblique impact whilst inserted into a USB socket and
stopped working,

I removed the case and found that flexing the circuitboard allowed a
connection to be made again.

If you don't get anywhere with the recovery software it may be worth trying
to insert the USB stick into a socket _whilst using a usb extension cable_ -
presumably it'll not get recognised and you'll not get the windows 'ding
dong'.

Now try flexing it (while still connected) and listen for the 'ding dong' -
hold it in position and see if you can get at the onboard data.

Zen83237 wrote:
Having worked in the Defence industry I do remember being told the lengths
that they can go to recover data and the need to chop discs up into little
pieces to stop data beinf recovered.



Don't know why they bothered. Just put the platters in a furnace, when
they get hot enough they demagnetise.

Kevin,

The last USB stick I lost just wouldn't power up. If you can read it,
but not see the files, it might be fairly easy. If not - I think you're
talking serious money and not much chance.

you'll buy two to replace it of course...

Andy

I removed the case and found that flexing the circuitboard allowed a
connection to be made again.

I had a similar issue with one of mine - although there was a
secondary problem with something rattling around inside - turned out
to be a capacitor that had come loose as well as broken circuitry :-}

Zen83237 wrote:
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I
backed it up.

What do you mean 'packed up'? For example:

Does it show up in Windows 'safely remove'?
Does it show up in Control Panel: System-Devices
(is there a Windows equivalent of lsusb that lists the stuff Windows doesn't
have drivers for?)
Does the light come on?
Is there a mechanical problem (for example, is the USB plug loose)?

Is it possible to take it apart and access the circuit board? (For example,
some sticks are potted in plastic so you can't)

My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

It really depends what the problem is. For someone with the right skills,
and to give you an idea:

Grabbing an image of a corrupted partition: easy, 10 minutes

Resoldering the USB connector: easy, 10 minutes

Desoldering the flash chip and replacing it in an identical USB stick:
middling, a few hours - if the flash chip is in an amenable package you can
source the exact same stick.

Desoldering the flash chip and reading it out with other hardwa harder, a
day or more (less if you have the hardware already to hand)

Pulling apart and repairing the flash chip: really hard, weeks/months (and
many thousands of pounds of equipment time)


Theo

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taylorose wrote:

Adrian C wrote:

On 03/05/2010 13:47, Zen83237 wrote:
My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months
since I backed
it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes
it might
be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.

Which probably means he ran some demo version of a recovery program,
which then asked him some money for the one that works ;-)

Try this program - free.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec




Or this one

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Works very well on most storage media. Ignore where it says "Buy online and
download". Just go to the bottom of that pane and select "download from "
(filehippo or Piriform). All Piriform utility software - CCleaner, Recuva,
Speccy and Defraggler - is extremely good, and free to download.

Arfa